Oregon Judge Tries Using Phone Book, Sidewalk to Round Up Jurors (Law.com)
A juror shortage forced an Oregon judge to look through a phone book before sending sheriff's deputies out into the street to round up enough people for a trial. Lane County Presiding Judge Mary Ann Bearden said an unusually large number of criminal trials combined with an equally unusual number of no-shows for jury duty forced her to invoke a little-used state law. "We had three extremely ...

Stanford fends off Pac-10 foe Oregon State (USA Today)
Toby Gerhart ran for a career-high 147 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries in his first game back from a knee injury and Stanford took advantage of two bizarre fumbles in the south end zone to beat Oregon State 36-28 in the season opener Thursday night.

California eyes Oregon wind power (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
PORTLAND (AP) — California, whose laws require it to get 20 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2010, has its eyes on Oregon’s growing wind power industry.

Nail salon chemicals worry Oregon health officials (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
MEDFORD (AP) — Oregon health officials say toxic chemicals in nail care products could put Oregon’s 14,500 salon nail technicians nail salon workers at higher risk of breast cancer or birth defects from inhaling or absorbing the chemicals through the skin

Former Blazer Kevin Duckworth dies on Oregon Coast (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
LINCOLN CITY (AP) — Former Portland Trail Blazer center Kevin Duckworth has died while visiting the Oregon Coast to host a free basketball clinic. He was 44.